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Coat hanger 70cm beam
Some years ago, I was in need of a 70cms antenna for portable use and had to improvise by raiding my XYL’s wardrobe! The result was a 2 el Moxon antenna made in about 30 minutes which worked some impressive QRP (2.5W) DX into France on 70cms. Gain is quite low but all you need is a wire coat hanger and a few bits for insulation and to attach the coax feed. Simplicity! It does not look pretty, but it works. The mast was made from a short length of PVC pipe.
See https://sites.google.com/site/g3xbmqrp3/antennas/70cm_moxon .